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In addition to this meaning, New Zealand English retains the common meanings of dairy, referring to milk, milk-derived products and associated industries. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The distinction between dairies, superettes and grocery stores has grown increasingly blurred in New Zealand English, a fact acknowledged by the Liquor Licensing Authority in 1991 ...
A convenience store may also be called a cold store, party store (), bodega (New York City), carry out, mini-market, mini-mart, corner shop, deli or milk bar (Australia), dairy (New Zealand), superette (New Zealand, parts of Canada, and in parts of the US), corner store (many parts of English-speaking Canada and New England), a späti (from 'spätkauf' (lit. 'buy-late') in Germany, a konbini ...
The first Four Square, the first supermarket in New Zealand, opened in the 1920s. [3]Four Square emerged as a household name in the 1920s out of the Foodstuffs grocery buying co-operative, whose founder, John Heaton Barker, became concerned at the manner in which the activities of the grocery chain stores of the day were making life difficult for independent grocers in Auckland.
Pams (previously Pam's) is a New Zealand company, owned by Foodstuffs, [1] which also owns the New World, Pak'n Save and Four Square supermarket chains. Pams sources and brands a wide range of supermarket goods as a house brand .
There is a total of 148 New World supermarkets across the North and South Islands of New Zealand (as of July 2023). [18] New World stores tend to be smaller (2,500–3,000 square metres (27,000–32,000 sq ft)) and more upscale than their competitors. Prices tend to be higher in most stores, due to the cost of upscale presentation, large ...
Night 'n Day is the third largest grocery retailer in New Zealand. [2] Since 2011, it has rapidly expanded its network of stores and focused more on coffee and takeaway food. [2] During the 2010s, it was one of the fastest-growing companies in New Zealand by revenue. [3] As of 2024 there are 54 Night 'n Day stores around New Zealand. [1]
In 2003, Circle K was purchased by Alimentation Couche-Tard, a large, multinational convenience store operator based in the Montreal area, [19] for US$830 million ($1.37 billion in 2023 dollars [23]). [25] In 2005, Taiwan's OK Convenience Store chain terminated its franchise agreement with Circle K. [26]
The following is a list of convenience stores or convenience shops organized by geographical location and by the country where the headquarters are located. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.